New Zealand shut down its only oil refinery and California is now experiencing a similar conundrum, with two large refineries announcing they're shutting down. The issues raised in the embedded discussion apply to NZ almost exactly. Wind and solar won't do it, and areas with oil shows and earthquake activity are ideal areas for productive oil fields. NZ has a lot of both.
Peculiarly, NZ does have a vast resource of wood waste from its large forestry industry. This could be used to produce biofuels, but I'm not aware of anyone doing it. Weird huh. Yeah, not so weird because the wind and solar industries hold the politicians captive, especially the Greens. Big Green capital skews the market and so all commonsense evaporates when they start talking. I hear people say wind and solar are great, but what they miss is that they do not pack enough punch.
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